Anthony Almeida

EAST IS EAST, OTHELLO, More Set For Citizens Theatre's Autumn Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2026

Glasgow's Citizens Theatre announced its autumn season, marking one year since its reopening, with productions including EAST IS EAST, OTHELLO, TRISTAN AND YSEULT, and CINDERELLA.

Review: THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO, Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Mar 11, 2026

Christy Lefteri’s 2019 bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo is both a powerful and poetic story about the refugee experience. Her story of Nuri and his wife Afra's escape from Syria to England was inspired by time Lefteri spent working in a refugee camp in Athens. Syria may currently be seen as less newsworthy than it was, but the issue of people displaced from their homes and seeking safety elsewhere has rarely been more discussed. So why does this important and emotional story feel flat on stage?

THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO Comes to Storyhouse This April
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2026

The Beekeeper of Aleppo will come to Storyhouse next month in a new stage production from the team behind the West End and Broadway sensation The Kite Runner.

THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO UK Tour Cast Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 28, 2025

Nottingham Playhouse and UK Productions will present THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO in a new restaging of the 2023 world-premiere adaptation by Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler.

POP ICONS LIVE IN CONCERT to be Presented at Don't Tell Mama
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 17, 2025

Voices to End Hunger is proud to present its youth-led benefit concert, 'Pop Icons Live in Concert' at Don't Tell Mama. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

English Touring Theatre Announces MACBETH & More for 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 9, 2023

ETT (English Touring Theatre) has announced their new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and further programming for 2023.

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust and Nottingham Playhouse Invite Entries For The RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2022
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2022

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST) and Nottingham Playhouse have announced that the 2022 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Scheme is now open for entries.

Denzel Westley-Sanderson Wins The RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2021
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2021

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST) and English Touring Theatre (ETT) have announced Denzel Westley-Sanderson as the winner of the 2021 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award and Nathan Crossan-Smith as the runner-up.

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust and ETT Invite Entries For The RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2021
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2021

Now in its fifth year, the award – which honours the memory of RTST co-founder, Sir Peter Hall – offers the winner their first-time opportunity to direct a full-scale, fully funded, mid-scale regional touring production of a classic or modern play, which may be an existing play or a new adaptation of a novel or film.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Opening at Curve
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 19, 2021

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF will open at Curve on 3 September, before touring to Liverpool Playhouse 22 September – 2 October, Marlowe Theatre 6 – 9 October, The New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich 12 – 16 October, Theatr Clwyd 19 – 23 October, concluding at Mast Mayflower Studios Southampton 26 – 30 October.

MUGABE & ME Will Be Performed at York Theatre Royal Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2021

The autobiographical play about growing up in 1980's Zimbabwe following independence opens at York Theatre Royal on 14 September, with previews from 9 September, until 18 September, with tour dates for 2022 to be announced.

Full Cast Announced for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at Leicester's Curve Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 3, 2021

Leicester’s Curve theatre, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and English Touring Theatre revealed the full company for the upcoming co-production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Anthony Almeida, which will open at Curve on 3 September, and then tour venues across England and Wales.

New CURVE IN CONVERSATION Podcast Now Live
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 24, 2021

Leicester's Curve theatre has released the latest episode of its Curve in Conversation podcast, a look ahead at this autumn's line-up of productions including interviews with multi-award winning master of mind control Derren Brown, actor Sharan Phull and director Anthony Almeida.

English Touring Theatre Announce 2020 Programme
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2020

This year begins with the UK première of Kate Attwell's Testmatch, a co-production with Theatre Royal Bath exploring power, history, colonialism, gender and sexuality a?" all through the lens of women's cricket. The creative team, today announced, includes Nicole Charles (Director), Camilla Clarke (Design), Jess Bernberg (Lighting Design), Max Pappenheim (Sound Design), Chris Whittaker (Movement Director), Amy Ball (Casting Director) and Aysha Kala (Assistant Director). Charles directs Komal Amin, Subika Anwar-Khan, Bessie Carter, Sally Messham, Lotte Rice and Tripti Tripuraneni.

New Productions Of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF and A CHRISTMAS CAROL To Receive London Premieres At Alexandra Palace
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2020

Alexandra Palace's restored Victorian Theatre will present the London premieres of two new productions later this year; Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (30 September a?" 11 October) and a new adaption of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol by Mark Gatiss (27 November a?" 10 January). Tickets for both productions are on sale at www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/

Curve (Leicester) Announces New Productions For 2020
by Stephi Wild - Jan 14, 2020

A trio of new Made at Curve productions for 2020 have been revealed, with an enchanting musical, classic drama and brand new dance piece set to take to the theatre's stages.

Anthony Almeida Wins the 2019 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award
by Stephi Wild - Aug 30, 2019

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST) and Leicester's Curve have announced Anthony Almeida as the winner of the 2019 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award and Maria Crocker as the runner-up. Now in its fourth year, the award a?" which honours the memory of RTST co-founder, Sir Peter Hall a?" is made to an up-and-coming director demonstrating exceptional directing skills in a rigorous competitive process.

Almeida Theatre Announces Launch of FIGURES OF SPEECH SERIES 3
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2018

The Almeida Theatre today launches the third and final series of Figures of Speech, its major digital film project exploring the vitality of speech, the power of performance, and what visionary leadership sounds like.

Almeida Theatre Heads Into Final Two Weeks of FIGURES OF SPEECH Series Two
by Julie Musbach - Oct 16, 2017

The Almeida Theatre today releases the fifth instalment in the second series of digital film project Figures of Speech, with Russell Tovey performing American aviator Charles Lindbergh's 1941 'The War Agitators' speech.

Series Two of FIGURES OF SPEECH Launches Today at Almeida Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Sep 18, 2017

The Almeida Theatre today launches the second series of Figures of Speech, its major digital film project interrogating the vitality of speech, the power of performance, and what visionary leadership sounds like.